Guidelines to the authors

Preliminary  All authors must be members of a teacher association (TA) linked

conditions to FAAPI
to publish  Contributions must reach an international readership
in AJAL  International authors who are the sole authors of the manuscript
submitted do not need to be part of a TA in Argentina for
publishing with AJAL
 There should not be more than 4 authors
Ethics and  When manuscripts are submitted the preliminary conditions to
copyright authors established are accepted
 The authorship of the manuscript is an original piece of writing
has not been previously published
 The manuscript follows ethical procedures: data protection,
anonymity, consent forms from participants, permissions from
published materials or any third parties

Length  Length: between 5,000 and 7,000 words (including tables and
graphs, without references and appendices)

Types of  Literature review/state-of-the-art article

manuscripts  Reflective article
accepted  Interview-based article
 Classroom activities
 Classroom account
 Materials review
Materials  Authors must submit a complete manuscript. We do not accept
format abstracts prior to a complete submission
 All manuscripts should be sent as Word documents containing
unjustified texts.
 Authors’ names, self-referentials and affiliations MUST NOT
appear in the manuscript
 Make sure that your manuscript is written in accurate English
(AmE and BrE spelling are accepted but these should not be used
simultaneously)
 Make sure you respect the word count according to the type of
manuscript you submit
 Your manuscript should be sent as a Word document with the
following format: Times New Roman, 12, double-spaced,
unjustified)
 With the exception of materials reviews, all manuscripts should
include a title. The title must be clear and self-contained. Avoid
long titles
 The title of your materials review should start like this: „Review
of (title of book or website) by (authors)
 With the exception of materials reviews, all manuscripts should
have two abstracts, one in English and one in Spanish. Each
abstract should be around 100-120 words
  No line space should be left between paragraphs or under
(sub)headings
 Avoid the use of footnotes. If they are necessary, place them
after your conclusions as endnotes.
 Use double inverted commas for short quotations and single
inverted commas for quotations within quotations
 To highlight a word or a concept, use italics
 For bullet-points, use •

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